I entered adulthood wholly uneducated and unprepared for life. I was homeschooled until I was 19. When I tried attending… Read more Close Clarity
Category: Psychology and mental illness
Future Focus
From what I have read about trauma recovery, the process can take a lifetime. The damage done over decades cannot… Read more Future Focus
Therapeutic Creativity
Today to procrastinate on writing my daily blog post, I’m updating my page about the themes I’ll be covering in… Read more Therapeutic Creativity
Public Gaslighting
Abusers don’t like being held accountable for their actions. One of the best ways to keep an abuser from holding power is to expose their true nature.
Slow Progress
When you report symptoms of depression and anxiety, the doctors give you a chart to fill out. Rating on a… Read more Slow Progress
Art Worth Making
“Don’t use your memoir to air old grievances and to settle old scores; get rid of that anger somewhere else.… Read more Art Worth Making
Living with Existential Depression
People have been asking how I’m doing, and I answer that it’s all the same as it was months ago.… Read more Living with Existential Depression
Winter Freeze
“When people are compulsively and constantly pulled back into the past, to the last time they felt intense involvement and… Read more Winter Freeze
The Devastation of Lost Faith
“I lay in a bed of resistance Chained to either side I really wish I could, reset, rewind Someone has… Read more The Devastation of Lost Faith
Dear Anxiety
“Trapped in a cold white room I want to know, who’ll be there when you snuff the wick? I won’t… Read more Dear Anxiety